Nelson J. McBRIAN

Father: Robert McBRIAN
Mother: Mary COLLINS

Family 1: Melinda PRIEST

(1) Wheeler, John H. comp., History of Wexford County, Michigan: "Nelson McBRIAN was united in marriage to Miss Linnie PRIEST, a native of Orange, Ionia county, Michigan, born August 22, 1867."

  1. Nellie M. McBRIAN
  2. Ralph McBRIAN
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Notes

Updated December 22, 2014. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1900 United States Census for Michigan, Wexford Co., Cedar Creek Twp.: Supervisor's District 9; Enumeration District 120; Sheet 14A; June 21, 1900.

Nelson McBRIAN is head of household, married to Melinda [PRIEST] McBRIAN. Children in the household are Nellie M. and Ralph. Melinda's mother Cornelia [DUNSMORE] PRIEST also resides with the family.

- Birth month: August 1850; age 49.
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: 14.
- Birthplace: Canada (Irish) with his father from Ireland and his mother from Canada (Irish).
- Occupation: Farmer. - Home: He owns a farm with a mortgage.

(2) 1910 United States Census for Michigan, Wexford Co., Cedar Creek Twp.: Supervisor's District 9; Enumeration District 142; Sheet 3A; April 19, 20 and 21, 1910.

Nelson J. McBRIAN is head of household, married to Linnie [PRIEST] McBRIAN. Children in the household are Nellie M. and Ralph McBRIAN. Linnie's father Eliphalet (listed as "Eliphet") PRIEST also resides with the family.

- Age: 59; married for the past 24 years.
- Birthplace: Canada (English) with his father from Ireland and his mother from Canada (English).
- Immigration: Immigrated to the United States in 1870 and is a naturalized citizen.
- Occupation: Farmer, on the home farm. He is an employer.
- Home: Owns his farm with a mortgage.

(3) 1920 United States Census for Michigan, Wexford Co., Cedar Creek Twp.: Supervisor's District 9; Enumeration District 213; Sheet 1A; January 2-3-5-6, 1920.

Nelson McBRIAN is head of household, married to Linnie M. [PRIEST] McBRIAN. Their daughter Nellie M. McBRIAN is in the household as is Linnie's father Eliphalet (listed as "Eliphet T.") PRIEST.

- Address: Living on a farm along Mackinaw Trail West.
- Home: Owns his farm with a mortgage.
- Age: 68 years old, married.
- Immigration: 1870; naturalized in 1906.
- Birthplace: Born in Canada, with his father from Ireland and his mother from Canada
- Occupation: A farmer on a general farm, working on his own accord.

(4) Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: Nelson McBRIAN
- Birth Date: abt 1850
- Birth Place: Canada
- Death Date: 26 Apr 1928
- Death Place: Cedar Creek, Wexford, Michigan
- Death Age: 78
- Occupation: Farmer
- Marital Status: Married
- Gender: Male
- Father Name: Robert McBRIAN
- Mother Name: Mary COLLINS
- FHL Film Number: 966064

(5) Find a Grave via Ancestry.com

- Name: Nelson McBRIAN
- Birth: 1850
- Death: 1928
- Burial: Fairview Cemetery; Manton, Wexford County, Michigan, USA
- Plot: Section 2, Lot 281

(6) Fairview Cemetery, Manton, Wexford County, MI via Michigan Genweb.

- Lot number 281 contains Linnie McBRIAN 1867 - 1940 and Nelson McBRIAN 1850 - 1928.

(4) Wheeler, John H. comp., History of Wexford County, Michigan, embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions, comp. by John H. Wheeler, to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography and life sketches of well-known citizens of the county. B.F. Bowen & Co.[Logansport, Ind.], 1903. Pages 403-404. Via University of Michigan Digital Library Text Collections.

"NELSON McBRIAN. Luxury and longevity on this earth rarely fall to the lot of the same individual. Hard work, rough fare and exposure to the elements are more frequently followed by a good old age than are downy couches, soft rugs and dainty food. The average hod carrier has more years to his score when he comes to face the grim destroyer than has the average banker. All of the years of Nelson McBRIAN, of Cedar Creek township, more than half a century, have been years of almost incessant toil. Yet he is physically and mentally well preserved. The hard work and exposure and the rough fare incident to the lumber camps, where he worked for many years, have left none of their traces upon a constitution that seems equal to the ravages of another half century. Nelson McBRIAN was born in Northumberland county, Ontario, Canada, August 17, 1850. His parents were Robert and Mary (COLLINS) McBRIAN, whose entire lives were spent in Canada, both having died there a number of years ago. He was reared upon his father's farm in his native county until he arrived at the age of nineteen years, having had plenty of hard work to do and little opportunity of securing an education. In 1869, blessed with good health and an abundance of physical strength, he came to Michigan and secured employment on the river, logging. This he followed during the summer and in the winter went into the woods and worked in the lumber camps. For twelve years he followed this business and, although the work was hard and the exposure great, so far from suffering physically by what he endured, he gained strength and a sturdy physique as a result of his labors. Unlike many of those employed with him, he was prudent with his earnings and as soon as he had means enough to enable him to purchase a tract of land he gladly retired from the calling. In 1881 he bought a tract of forty acres of land, a part of section 8, Cedar Creek township, and located thereon a year later. From that time until the present he has been a resident of the township. Farming has been exclusively his occupation since he ceased lumbering and he has made it satisfactorily remunerative. He is now the owner of an eighty-acre farm, seventy of which is improved and under cultivation. August 2, 1885, Nelson McBRIAN was united in marriage to Miss Linnie PRIEST, a native of Orange, Ionia county, Michigan, born August 22, 1867. Her parents were Eliphalet and Cornelia (DUNSMORE) PRIEST, natives of New York, who were among the early pioneers of the state of Michigan. Of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs. PRIEST, Mrs. McBRIAN was the third. The subject and his wife are the parents of two children, Nellie M. and Ralph. The family attend divine service at the Free Methodist church and Mr. and Mrs. McBRIAN are members of that religious denomination. The only public position which the subject has ever filled was that of school director, in which capacity he served a number of years. With limited opportunities, the life of Nelson McBRIAN has been a far more successful, exemplary and worthy one than that of many a man born to riches and influence."